no mouse under 2.6.8 kernel

[jroed@mts.net]

I am currently running Debian with a 2.4 Kernel.  I recently upgraded to the 
2.6.8-k7 kernel, but now my X Windows will not work.  I get an error saying 
that it couldn't initialize the mouse because /dev/psaux doesn't exit (i 
don't know why it doesn't)  i had heard that there were some changes to the 
way the PS/2 mice are handled and that it might have changed 
to /dev/input/mice but there is no device with that name either.  Does anyone 
now of a way to fix this without compiling my own kernel ?  And if i am going 
to need to recompile, are there any good programs out there to help me do 
so ?  I tried once before and broke my system beyond repair.